US-China Solar Trade Probe Ruling to Reshape Billions in Trade

The Commerce Department is expected this week to conclude some Chinese manufacturers are illegally dodging tariffs by assembling solar equipment in other Asian countries before shipping it to the US — the culmination of a 17-month probe that could have profound impacts on tens of billions of dollars in trade.

The agency already preliminarily determined that exporters in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are circumventing those roughly decade-old duties meant to offset unfair pricing and subsidization in China. Such a conclusion could expose some manufacturers in the targeted nations to antidumping and countervailing duties as high as 254% beginning next ...